Galerie

2 THE HARBOUR POST OFFICE

2.1 THE EXCHANGE OF MAIL WITH OVERSEAS COUNTRIES

The Z Ameryki handstamp was
used until mid-June 1921. At the
end of June and in July no
handstamps were used, the date
of handling the parcel in the post
office was written on the parcel
card by hand. At the same time
the table for calculating the
postage due, previously
incorporated into the handstamp,
was instead printed on different
postal forms in blue or red ink.

24 June 1921. German proof of delivery for a postal money order with Polish overprint used for a 4¾ kg parcel
sent to Krosno. Manuscript date 24.6.21. 15 marks was raised for postage and 10 marks for transport from the
ship. PRZEMYŚL 1 5a cds 5 July 1921 and a Wolne od cła of the Przemyśl customs post office. Two normal
Polish stamps used as postage due stamps cancelled KROSNO 1f 13 July 1921.

In August 1921 two circular
datestamps with segments
above and below the bridge and
the text GDAŃSK NOWYPORT
were introduced. One datestamp had the code letter a in
the lower segment, the second
datestamp was without a code
letter.

10 November 1921. Polish
parcel card with additional
overprint used for a 4¾ kg
parcel to Tartaków with the
GDAŃSK NOWYPORT cds.
100 marks for postage in
Poland, 50 marks for the
transport from the ship and 10
marks for Customs handling
due. Single-line WOLNO OD
CŁA on the front and a
PRZEMYŚL 1 5a cds 21
November 1921 of the customs
post office on the reverse. Three
Polish 50 marks and one 10
marks postage stamp with a
Tartaków local PORTO
handstamp and a TARTAKÓW a
cds 28 November 1921 on the
reverse.